Substitute Associate Teacher
il y a 19 jours
Fairfield
Job Description Catalyst teaching staff support the planning and implementation of Catalyst's programming for children ranging in age from infant, toddler, pre-school, kinder, and school age depending on the location. Teachers must be able to facilitate a variety of age appropriate activities, support children's social emotional development, and ensure children are supervised at all times in a healthy and safe environment. Essential Functions: • Create and implement developmentally appropriate curriculum supported by learning foundations that are directly connected to their interests and promote positive child development, • Create, implement, and maintain intentional, enriched, and supportive learning environments and quality experiences that are age appropriate for all children, • Provide excellent customer service by establishing authentic connections and reciprocal, culturally responsive relationships with children, youth, families, schools, communities, and center/classroom team, • Keep children healthy and safe by ensuring proper supervision, positive interactions, healthy habits, and excellent compliance, • Work collaboratively with fellow staff by connecting work place values, education, and experience to provide the highest quality programs and creative workplaces Work Environment: All teaching staff are expected to demonstrate behaviors that are essential for successful programs and environment including the following: • Positive interactions with children and youth, • Maintain kind, respectful, and safe emotional/physical environments for children, • Be on time and present on a regularly scheduled basis, • Be active in outdoor and indoor programs, • Be physically and mentally capable of interacting with children up to 13 years of age, meeting all their needs and ensuring their safety, • Be aware of and implement safety guidelines; report any health & safety issues or incidents to management, and remain calm if providing first aid (as needed) during emergency situations Physical & Environmental Conditions: Teaching staff are responsible for various program elements on a daily basis and will be exposed to indoor and outdoor elements. Teaching staff may be required to: • Visually insect environment for hazards to children; identify hazards and implement preventative actions (i.e. set up cones to limit play area) to maintain a safe environment for children, • Be comfortable with occasional loud noise in our outside the classroom during activities, • Be comfortable with frequent bending, lifting, twisting, reaching, pushing, and pulling, • Push, lift, carry, and hold various objects up to 15 lbs. - by individual or team effort - such as equipment carts, emergency back packs, food coolers, classroom furnishings, and other similar program materials, • Work inside the classroom or outside the room in all weather conditions which are safe for children, • Traverse various terrains (grass, blacktop, dirt) and heights (ladders, playgrounds) depending on the school outdoor environment, • Adapt to the physical level of children (i.e. sitting on the floor, kneeling, squatting) for activities and problem-solving interactions, • Supervise field trips to destinations such as aquatic parks, beaches, and trampoline parks Qualifications & Experience: Associate Teacher are members of the teaching team who share responsibility for the care and education of an assigned group of children/classroom. There may be more than one person designated as an Associate Teacher for each group of children. Education Education and permit requirements may vary by center needs/require age group specific units depending on the program, such as Infant, Toddler, School-Age, Title 5 or Title 22 status. Associate Teacher education/permit requirements: • 12-24 postsecondary semester or equivalent quarter units in ECE, CD, or related field with passing grades of C- or better. OR, • Associate Teacher Permit or above issues by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing Experience & Skills • 6-12 months of experience in a group care environment where care/teaching was provided for a consistent age group is preferred, • Effective problem solving, conflict resolution, classroom management, and communication with children and families, • Effective organization, time management, curriculum, and assessment documentation (lesson plans, portfolios, and anecdotal notes), • Ability to work alongside colleagues and maintain a professional team environment, • Current adult and infant/child CPR & First Aid certification is preferred, • Bilingual/multilingual language preference based on individual center needs Shift Type: Full Time / Part Time Schedule: Flexible Substitute Schedule with minimum two days availability per week What We Offer: • Vision Benefits, • 401(k) plan and Employee Assistance Program, • Personal Health Advocate, • Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays, • Discounted childcare (for staff working 25 hours or more per week), • Access to the Calm app, • Tickets at Work employee discounts, • Be constantly in a learning and growth process with training and professional growth advisory We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace.